Patients report that their self-confidence is affected by male pattern baldness, and some even start to withdraw from life altogether. Even in less severe cases, the nagging self-doubt that can be caused by hair loss is something that most sufferers would definitely prefer to live without.
Since there are no other solutions to genetic hair loss, many patients opt for a hair transplant to
permanently eliminate the problem. Patients making this decision, patients are faced with different hair transplant procedures and a potentially overwhelming choice of which type of hair transplant operation to go for.
DHI (Direct Hair Implantation) is one of the most widespread modern methods and one that a potential candidate for a hair transplant will encounter early in their research.
BEFORE AND AFTERS
How is the DHI hair transplant performed?
First, the scalp is locally anesthetised. At Cosmedica, we use needleless devices that spray the pressurized anaesthetic into the skin.
Individual hairs are then removed from the donor area with a special punch that has a diameter of 0.7 mm. Usually, the donor area is located at the back of the head.
The hair follicles are implanted directly into the recipient site, the balding areas of the scalp, with the tip of the pen. The two main advantages of the DHI procedure are that prior preparation of the recipient area is not necessary but possible, as is the case with our flagship Micro Sapphire DHI hair transplant, and that the delicate hair grafts are protected inside the implanter pen against any damage.
After the procedure
To promote the growth of the hair follicles, the scalp must be kept moist in the days following the procedure. The transplanted hairs will fall out at first due to the shock of the transplantation, and the hair roots go into a short resting phase. After twelve months at the latest, the final result is achieved: natural, full hair growth will give you a quality of life again.
BENEFITS OF DHI HAIR TRANSPLANT
